As wildfires rage across Europe, T&E calls for a permanent tax on the windfall profits being made off the back of European drivers. Just eight oil companies¹ have made €7.5 billion in excess profits² in Europe in the first half of 2026, new T&E analysis shows. With oil prices shooting back … [continued]
Germany’s 6 GW hydrogen headline shrinks sharply once the reservations and planned network are unpacked.
Germany’s hydrogen industry finally has a demand number it can put in a headline: nearly 6 GW of paid reservations on the country’s emerging hydrogen core network. FNB Gas presented the reservations and customers’ willingness to pay as a strong indication that the hydrogen economy is gathering momentum. Six gigawatts … [continued]
Germany’s hydrogen strategy changes the molecule while preserving much of the gas-system infrastructure, institutional logic and public-risk model.
Germany’s hydrogen strategy keeps producing numbers that sound like market evidence until the subsidy structure is examined. Its latest hydrogen freight program attracted 526 applications seeking €455 million from a €220 million fund, including 71 applications for refueling stations and 455 for vehicles or fleets. That sounds like pent-up commercial … [continued]
We’ve been writing about or mentioning Momenta a lot this week. I think this is the 4th time, and I don’t believe we’ve ever covered it before. Today we got news that Momenta has received approval from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) to do Level 4 autonomous driving testing … [continued]
By Ray Wills, Peter Newman AO, and Raphael Wellmann China’s latest NEV plan makes one thing clear: the future global car hierarchy is being decided at home, not in export markets. Less expected is the rapid rise of Thailand, which is following China’s playbook with striking success. Beijing’s new carbon‑peaking … [continued]
Germany’s subsidy can reduce the operator-facing cost of an illustrative €425,000 hydrogen truck toward €205,000, below an unsubsidized battery-electric truck at about €300,000.
Germany’s latest hydrogen truck programme attracted 526 applications seeking €455 million from a €220 million funding pool. That has been presented as evidence that hydrogen freight is finally finding a market. A more revealing fact sits inside the programme design: Germany is offering purchase support for hydrogen trucks while battery-electric … [continued]
While we have written about the XPENG L03 before, looking at a vehicle on screens and spec sheets only tells you so much. What really sets vehicles apart is the execution. The fit and finish, material feel, and design details. The following video shows my first impressions through the fog … [continued]
Well, only one of those countries in the title can cheer right now about their World Cup ambitions, as France was just knocked out by the super smooth unit that is Spain, Germany got knocked out very early … by Paraguay, and Italy somehow didn’t even qualify for the largest … [continued]
The EU saw a record share of power from solar in June 2026, making it the EU’s largest single source of power for only the third month ever. About This analysis looks at monthly records for solar generation in the EU and EU countries, finding that a quarter of EU … [continued]
A camouflaged XPENG MONA was recently seen testing its VLA 2.0 intelligent driving system in Munich ahead of its European launch this week. In context, the vehicle seems to fit well for European roads and attracted some attention. While XPENG said they would release their intelligent driving system shortly after … [continued]
